Posted on 02/12/2005 8:49:38 AM PST by FairOpinion
Excellent information in the full link; I hadn't heard about the perfume method of spreading WMD.
I always thought there was something sinister about those perfume ladies who greet you in department stores!
How the United Nations works (or doesn't):
A doctorate-holding relative has a business surrounding his speciality. In that role, he occasionally serves as a consultant to the United Nations. He recently prepared a report for the UN regarding the wisdom of a particular domestic issue in a 3rd world country. The conclusion of the report was that the proposed course of action was impractical because it involved some expensive equipment.
Well, his contacts at the UN called him and said "we can't submit this!" When he asked why, he was told, "Well, a european country is going to transfer to this nation tens of millions of dollars worth of equipment. And members of the government are getting a major kickback!"
In other words: don't rock the boat.
There's nothing the UN does in this world that we couldn't do ourselves as the United States more efficiently if we so desired. In a post cold-war world, there is no need for such an agency to begin with.
It's time to pull the plug.
The temptation to hype risks is endemic to journalism, but only risks that are simple. There was a huge risk the world's legitimate economies and politics were being successfully undermined by the "tribe and bribe" economy of Muslims. The fact this was facilitated by the UN's "humanitarian" Oil-for-Food program is so preposterous it defies journalists' abilities to comprehend. So much simpler to cry "no WMDs".
Having NBC suits, antidotes, or filter-air bunkers etc is not indicative of actually having weapons of mass destruction. Iraqs neighbours have such munitions and Iran used them against Iraq. All these attacks were limited to the front but they could have easily ended up on SCUDs during the wars of the cities.
Many nations train their armed forces to operate and fight in an NBC environment. Iraq was no different and knew first hand the devasting effects on the battlefield.
Will post this on NoE thanks for the heads up Fair!
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